Vermont, an Explorer's Guide

by Christina Tree, Peter S. Jennison

Two veteran travel writers reveal the best dining, lodging, and attractions in the Green Mountain State. Visitors and local Vermonters alike seek out this comprehensive guide, the first traveler's guide to the state and still the most authentic. From the green foothills of the Connecticut River Valley to the shores of Lake Champlain, from the peaks of the Green Mountains to the far reaches of the Northeast Kingdom, Vermont travelers and writers Christina Tree and Sally West Johnson find places that don't make it onto bus tours or into other guidebooks. Features Hundreds of dining reviews, from roadside diners to four-star cuisine Opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, and vacation cottages 25 up-to-date regional maps Handy icons point out places that offer best value, cater to families, welcome pets, host weddings, and provide handicapped access. 80 black and white photographs 25 maps Index Author Christina Tree has been traveling and vacationing in New England since her childhood and has written about its attractions for The Boston Globe for nearly thirty years. She is the co-author of Explorer's Guides to Maine, New Hampshire , and Massachusetts , as well as Best Places to Stay in New England . She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Sally West Johnson is the editor of Vermont magazine. She lives in Middlebury, Vermont.

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction

408 pages, Paperback

First published May 4, 2015

Reviews

[LOVEROFBOOKS · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just bought this book this week, and it is so packed full of great information. Restaurants, the history of the town(s), routes to take, inns to stay at, sports activities, farms to visit, hotels, special events and dates, shopping, etc... My ONLY complaint is that the pictures are all black and white, and there aren't very many of them. But then again, it never claims to be a photographic portrait of Vermont!
Love it. Five stars.

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very comprehensive, but reading an older edition (2004) and I definitely would have wanted color pictures and more pictures in general.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as interesting as some of the other state explorer's guides, but this book still had its moments.

Along with general stores, libraries are central to Vermont communities. The 189 or so libraries (I found this # fascinating because of the size of Vermont. Ohio has 251 library systems and its much bigger than Vermont.) in the state range from the one-room cottage at Joe's Pond in West Danville to opulent late-19th-century buildings gifted by wealthy native sons.

There's the story surrounding the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Historical Park (beginning on page 255) that is very interesting, but you'll have to read the book to learn more!

Although this book was not that interesting to me -- I read it for the history of the area -- traveler's to the area will find this chock full of information!

[Frank Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maybe I might not have organized the book quite the same way, but then again maybe I would not have chosen the same ice cream. Tree & her franchise have evolved a robust method for growing significant archival reference material in a way that is easy to leverage from several perspectives. I imagine if, after years of research, I had to chose only one book to have at my side it would be this one. The edition shouldn't matter significantly once you have the latest, either ... wear out the one you have and then leap frog over to whichever one is most recent at that time (what one has in the latest should carry you through a handful of editions, is my supposition) ... just don't get too far from the latest.
While this would be equally valuable on an e-reader, it would yield two entirely different experiences. The print is luxuriant!

[Jdetrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful guide book. Sadly, written travel guides seem to be something of an outdated concept in this age, when one can look places up on the internet, but when I got this in the mid 00's it was indispensable. Well written, smartly organized and very helpful.

[Liz De Coster]

This font is only appropriate for ants. I'd guess this book would be useless on-the-go.